GOOD ONE COMIN ON

Two six packs of Shiner

99 cent butane lighter

Lucky Strikes and a fifth of Patron

ice down that Igloo cooler

tank of gas that oughta do er’

I can feel a good one comin’on

 

Throw in Ray Wylie Hubbard

sing along to “Redneck Mother”

any blues I had before are gone

another workin’ week is over

no chance of stayin’ sober

I can feel a good one comin’ on

 

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Yea we’re gonna roll all night

we’re gonna get the feelin’ right

we’re gonna keep this party rockin’

till the break of dawn

I can feel a good one comin’ on

 

Three blondes in a rag top Mustang

followed us down to the lake and…

didn’t have to think about that too long

skinny dippin’ in the bright moonlight

situation couldn’t be more right

I can feel a good one comin’ on

 

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LIKE I AM

Well I’m mean as gravel I’m poor as dirt

I like things better the way they were

well I’m strong in the head but I get things done

I spend too much money to have a little fun

 

Here you are you come around

you want me to settle down

 

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Before you jump you need to know

it’s a crazy thing the way I roll

I ain’t changin’ I’m a stubborn man

can you love me like i am

can you love me baby, like I am

 

Well I’m stuck in my ways and I grew up hard

I drink milk out the carton and juice from your jar

well some people say I sleep too much

I just sleep when I can till I have to get up

 

Here I am what do you think?

I guess a nod is as good as a wink

 

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BOTTOM OF THIS

I ain’t tryin to be no jerk

It’s just that I just got off from work

and I know you’d like to bend my ear

I wanna listen and that’s sincere

can’t a fella have just one beer

 

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Before the boss, the bank, the box full of bills

empty gas tank and it’s all uphill

the wife, the kids, why do we all exist?

add politics, religion and war to the list

tell me, is there anything that I missed?

and I’ll get to the bottom of that

after I get to the bottom of this

 

Well I look outside and see a world on fire

they’re lowering the boom and the creeks gettin’ higher

gotta be ready cause we’re on the brink

I’ll do better after just one drink

gimme a minute so I can unthink

 

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About the boss, the bank, the box full of bills

empty gas tank and it’s all uphill

the wife, the kids, why do we all exist?

add politics religion and war to the list

tell me, is there anything that I missed?

and I’ll get to the bottom of that

after I get to the bottom of this

 

Gotta be ready cause we’re on the brink

I’ll do better after just one drink

gimme a minute so I can unthink

 

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UP IN SMOKE

Hit town like a freight train runnin’

starin’ at us like deer in the headlights

never thought you had another thing comin’

did the same damn thing to em’ last night

 

Everywhere we go everywhere we been

leave a trail of ashes and a trail of sin

pack up the gear let’s hit the road

we got a long way to go now

 

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Up in smoke

down in flames

jump on board

roll em’ like a freight train

clap yo hands

stomp yo feet

boogie on down to the redneck backbeat

throwdown it’s a hillbilly hoedown

fire it up we can go all night now

come on y’all ain’t no joke

watch the world go up in smoke

 

Little gal in the skin tight britches

get up and get down to the front row

sure hope your boyfriend ain’t lookin’

he won’t get hurt by what he don’t know

he don’t know that I know and you know

that I got some plans for you, baby

 

Everywhere we go everywhere we been

leave a trail of ashes and a trail of sin

pack up the gear let’s hit the road

we got a long way to go now

 

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Everywhere we go everywhere we been

leave a trail of ashes and a trail of sin

pack up the gear let’s hit the road

we got a long way to go now

 

Watch em’ now

 

SANCTIFIED WOMAN

I went lookin for a sanctified woman

she was just the kind of woman I was hopin’ to find

I left home in the middle of December

she’s the only kind of woman could keep me in line

I found a girl just across the line in Georgia

she was livin’ by the highway in a pink doublewide

we left town in a 79 camaro

had a bag full of nothin’ and a bottle of wine

 

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Can’t you see me go up in flames

Can’t you hear me screamin’ your name

I need some redemption today

from that sanctified woman

 

I went back to my home in Alabama

saw my Daddy in the driveway with a tear in his eye

he said “son, what you doin’ with that woman?”

said I gotta keep on runnin’ ‘fore I run outta time

 

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I don’t even know I don’t even know

what we’re gonna do where we’re gonna go

I don’t wanna know I don’t wanna know

well we gotta go somewhere cause we sure ain’t got no home

 

WHO INVENTED THE WHEEL

I wanna know who invented the wheel

tell me who discovered steel

it was the wheel and the steel that caused this pain

and made the car that took her away

 

I wanna know who found the rock

tell me who laid the blacktop

it was the rock and the blacktop that caused this pain

and made the road for the car that took her away

 

I wanna know who invented the wheel

 

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Somebody give me a name

I just need someone to blame

for all of this heartache

and pain I been feelin’ since she let me go

I wanna know

 

I wanna know who invented the time

I didn’t spend when she was mine

it was all that time I didn’t take

before the rock and the blacktop made the highway

for the wheel and the steel and the car that took her away

 

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I wanna know who invented the wheel

 

I’D BE LYIN’

Tell you I’d be home every night

breakfast in bed and we’ll never fight

say I’m wrong when I know I’m right

but baby I’d be lyin’

 

Only stayin’ gone for a day or two

pretendin’ I’m too good to be true

sayin’ I’d write a song about you

but baby I’d be lyin’

 

Everybody’s gonna tell you what to do

you can believe what you wanna believe

but let me tell you what’s the truth

 

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Baby I

I’d be lyin’

like all those two faced

back stabbin’ double talkers

tryin’ to get to you

If I could you know I would be

comin’ right back home where I belong

I’d be lyin’ next to you

 

Call you every day wherever I go

I swear you’re never gonna hear the word no

promise that I’ll never say I told you so

but baby I’d be lyin’

I’ll let you take your time I’ll never rush

I swear I’ll never drink too much

never think about another woman’s touch

but baby I’d be lyin’

 

Everybody’s gonna judge me through and through

you can believe what you wanna believe

but let me tell you what’s the truth

 

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Everybody’s gonna tell you what to do

you can believe what you wanna believe

but let me tell you what’s the truth

 

PRAYER FOR THE LITTLE MAN

Callin’ home hold the phone like a lifeline

let the voices fill me up like a drunkard’s wine

another fix I’m fine

hang it up kill the light and just lay there

think about that girl we had it all I swear

 

Yea we thought it’d last forever

then we finalized

but no matter where I am

every night when I close my eyes

 

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Say a prayer for the little man

cause he’s gonna need a helpin’ hand

now and then and I won’t be around

can you just let me know

there’s an angel lookin’ down

say a prayer for a mother’s love

yea I hope that it’ll be enough

cause I know that it’s tough

and he don’t understand

say a prayer for the little man

 

I remember my daddy’s phone calls

just a kid I’d always talk to him out in the hall

to keep from settin’ mama off

so I’ve been right in your shoes son

never thought in a million years

I’d ever be the one who

 

Thought it’d last forever

then we finalized

But every night when I close my eyes

 

RESTLESS

I can’t get the music up as loud as I want

I can’t play a big enough honky tonk

Can’t find a whiskey glass that’s quite tall enough

or that extra gear in my old truck

I’m restless baby

 

If I had the perfect woman I’d want twins

can’t get enough ink under my skin

I’ll burn the carton when my smokes are all through

can’t kick enough ass in these old boots

 

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Cause I’m restless

I’m sleepless

on this quest I must go

out here searchin’

for somethin’

what it is I don’t know

might have to find it under my headstone

yes I’m restless

and I won’t rest till the restless is gone

 

Can’t ride enough miles in that old bus

ain’t a man in charge that I ain’t cussed

I broke the law until it’s plum busted up

how high is Heaven? I hope it’s high enough

 

SHAKE YOUR MAGNOLIA

I been around the block once or twice, baby

I never seen a girl lookin’ so nice, baby

I guess the third time makes me a fool

just like the boys in the corner

tryin’ to look so cool

 

You look like trouble with a capital T, baby

your kind of drama is alright with me, baby

you can make a mess of me so fine

yea you got me bait, hook, sinker and line

 

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Come on baby shake your magnolia

come on baby do what I told ya

come on baby give it all you got tonight

 

I would walk through flames to get to you, baby

you shook that thang I forgot my own name, baby

I guess I’ll have to stand in line

If it takes all night I’ll give you my last dime

 

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Come on baby shake your magnolia

come on baby do what mama told ya

come on baby give us all a shot tonight

 

FREEDOM SONG

That man in the mirror starin’ back at me

ain’t the man I used to see

I been walkin’ the line a long time

I need a change

Breakin’ my back workin’ double shifts

the weight of the world’s gettin’ hard to lift

I’m startin’ to think I need to break a link

in this chain

 

Somethin’s got to give

this ain’t no way to live

 

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Put me on a highway

the interstate

a dirt road

to anyplace

as long as I’m long gone

chasin’ down some blue skies

in my old truck

Tune the world out

Turn the radio up

Sing along to my freedom song

 

Well I got a good woman and she understands

every now and then her old man

needs some down time

to clear his mind and unplug

This time tomorrow you won’t see my face

there’ll be one less rat runnin’ in this race

I’ll be soothin’ my soul with a fishin’ pole

that’s what I love

 

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